Paper roll package



March. 12, 1935. v O| $QN 1,993,853

PAPER ROLL PACKAGE Filed Jan. 1%, 1932 s sheets-sheet 1 gwuento'a I/z'ciar 0/5012 March 12, 1935.

V. OLSON PAPER ROLL PACKAGE Filed Jan. 18, 1952 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 March 12, 1935. v. OLSON 1,993,853

PAPER ROLL PACKAGE Filed Jan. 18, 1952 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 "fills/I1 Vz'clor 0/5012 aliko'zmu weighing perhaps Patented Mar. 12, 1935 My invention relates to the handlingof largerolls of 'papensuchas news print, these rolls being PATENT, OFFICE PAPER'ROLL PACKAGE,

Victor Olson, Seattle, Wash. I Application January 18, 1932, Serial No. 52w,415

10 Claims. (01'. 206-59) of large size, perhaps thirty-six inches in diameter,-usually seventy-twoinches in length, and

fourteen hundredpou'nds; 7 Such rolls aredifficult to handle under any circumstances, requiring the use of hand trucks {to move them from placeto place and to 10m and unloadthe'm, and in the handling it is a frequent occurrence that the-edgeof the roll is damaged One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a package wherebysuch rolls can be shippedan'd handled, not only with'the ends pro;- t'ected'," but with mea'r'i's"to make easier the handling, and in'addition, andbyreasonofthis factjto further lessen the probability of "damage. It is also an object-to provide a package for shipping and protecting such rolls which is adapted, with slight additions, to be employed in shipping therolls where they will be subjectto the possibility of severe handling, for'-instanoe;

in export trade, and whichlwilladequately'pro tect the paper, yet without jobjectionable added weight or bulk.

It is a further object 'to provide an endplate and other associated protective means for use in such a package which will be inexpensive, easily applied, secure when put in place, and in certain forms, which will be" capable of taking- 1 down 'into'smaller units forshipment back to the paper mill, for reuse.

Other objects, more especially such as pertain to the particular forms which -my' invention assumes, will be best understood by a study of the accompanying drawings, wherein my invention is shown in various illustrative forms, of this speci-' fication and the claims which terminate the same.

My'invention comprises the novel package and the novel end plate and protective means for use in such a package, as is shown in the drawings,

described in the specification; and as will be more particularly defined by the claims.

Figure 1 is a general elevation of a series of;

such packages embodied ina preferred form, illustrating the mode of'ha'ndling, storing and shipping the same.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the end plate, and

Figure 3 is a detail transverse sectional view of the same, illustrating a preferred form.

Figure 4 is a View similar, to Figure 2, and Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 3', also showing the device in elevation-and illustrating a slightly modified form. Figures 6 and 7 are elevationsof modified forms plate, 1 will protect the-edge-of The roll of paper is indicated at 9, and while my 5 invention is not limited to employment only with large news print or like rolls, its greatest fleldof usefulness will be found in conjunction with'such rolls, and in' any'case, with rolls which are of large: size and considerable weight, and which are easily ruptured inhandling, especially at the corners of the roll. l I bothprotect the point of damage, and eliminate the necessity'for the rocking action which is the principal cause of damage, by securing to the bottom end of the roll' an end plate 1- of light, stifi material, which is substantially the same diameter as thediam'eter of theoroll, and which has a sup-" portingplate 2 of considerably less diameter than the end plate, secured to the latter and projecting beneath its lower surface.= Thissupporting plate would ordinarily be centrally disposed with *relation-tothe end plate 1, and whenthe roll-is'in upright-position for example, being shipped in a car-'the roll'rests upon the supportingplate 2. with the end plate 1 above the level. of the floor F (see Figure'lh'and adjoining rolls mutually support each other so that the edge of. the roll, or of the end plate, does not normally contact with the floor. -'If it should,-however, the end the roll and save it from dama'geby distributing the stresses over a large area of the'endof thezroll and takingthe sharp stressesat an edge upon itself. However, when it is desired to get the ledge L of a truck T beneath the rollit isonly necessary to move the roll slightly away from others so'that it'is free to rock, and one man may easily push the roll to an inclined position, as'shown at the left in Figure 1,'such that the ledge can easily be inserted beneath the raised side otthe roll, and the roll can then be tipped back upon the truck and carried away.- In all these operations thecorner of the roll is protected and stresses thereon are dis.- tributed by the .end plate; V r

It will be evident that the supporting plate 2 is preferably of such size with relation to the diameter of the end plate and they location of the center .of gravity of the roll, that in effect the periphery of this supporting plate lies generally close'to a circle described by a line dropped from the center of gravity if the roll is tilted on the edge of'the supporting plate and rests also on an edge of the end plate, as seen at the left in Figure 1 and in Figures6 and -7, and then-is rolled about a circle, thus tilted. If the periphery of the supporting plate is not quite within this position it should be nearly so, so that the roll may be easily tilted, and so that the center of gravity needs to be lifted but slightly to accomplish this tilting. It is, of course, desirable to have the supporting plate of such size that it may, when the roll is upright, form a reasonably firm support, and such that the roll will not tilt of its own accord when stood upon the supportingplate, on a level surface.

These plates 1 and 2, or either of them, may be made of such material as plywood, which is light and extremely stiif, and which is sufliciently compressible to yield under the application of undue force and in thus yielding, save the edge of the roll from damage. Also, since the roll may in shipment be stood upon the opposite end, or may be struck by heavy objects such as would damage the upper end, it is preferable that both ends be protected by end plates, and like plates may be used for the two ends.

It is customary to wrap such rolls with heavy wrapping paper, this being folded down under the ends. 'I prefer, if a simple end plate is used and the roll is for domestic use and need not be shipped too great a distance or be subject to severe handling to extend, the wrapping 3 over.

the edge of the end plate, as seen in Figures 6 and 7, these folded-under ends of the wrapping,

indicated at 30, extending inward to a distance,

not greater than to the edge of the supporting plate 2. They are'retained in this position by an end sheet 31 which may be glued to the turned,-

- down ends 30, and which may extend under-that is, outside of-the supporting plate 2. For ex.- port shipment, or when the roll is likely to be subjected to more severe handling, longitudinal slats or stiffening members 4 may be employed extending outside of the wrapping 3, and secured to the twoend plates, for instance by the nails 40 (see Figure 7) It will usually be desirable to connect the end plates by-strapping either inside of the slats 4,' if they are used, or outside of them, or if they are not used, extending over the outside of the roll from one end plate to anotheninside or outside of the Wrapping 3. In order that such strapping shall not disturb the equilibrium of the roll when standing on the supporting plate the supporting plate may be grooved on its inner side-that is, the side toward the end plateas indicated in Figure 8 at 22, or on its outer side,"

as'indicated at 23 in Figure 9. These grooves may be made, in the form of Figure 10, by a series of independent blocks 20 slightly spaced apart and substituted for the supporting plates, as shown in Figure 10. Also, the shape of the supporting plates may vary. a

I prefer, however, that the end plates be clamped to the end of the roll, and such forms are shown in Figures 2 to 5 inclusive; I prefer also, for convenience of shipment back to theniill for reuse, that the end plate be made of two complemental halves. Such a form is shown in Figures 2 and 3.

In these figures the end plate is made of two halves 10 and 11, the line of division being along a diameter. The supporting plate is preferably divided also, the two halves 24 and 25 being divided preferably along a line transverse to the line of division of the end plate, and being each secured to its corresponding end plate part, as

indicated by the nails at 26.. Thus the two may interlock and may be made up identical to form a more secure fastening at this point.

Secured about the edge of the end plate parts, and preferably by flexible clips 51, are flange members 5 and 50 which together encircle the end of the roll. These may be made of plywood or veneering, and to secure them in place their ends are slightly spaced so that they may contract with the flexing of the clips 51, and this contraction may be secured by means of strapping, as indicated at 6, with ends secured together at 60, encircling the flange parts and drawn down tightly about the roll. The flange securing member may be continuous instead of the individual clips 51, and such a continuous flange has been shown at 52 in Figures 4 and 5.

If preferred, and as a means of protecting and stiffening the entire package, the flange 50 may be extended the length of the roll, as shown in Figure 5, and in this instance the flange securing member 52 made sufliciently flexible that the strapping v6 can draw down the encircling member 55 and hold it about the roll. The protective member 55 would ordinarily be inherently flexible to some extent and formed with a gap between its edges or between adjacent parts, as indicated at 56." V v What I claim as my invention is:

1. ,As a new article of manufacture, a packag in. operative relationship,

2 A package as in claim 1, the means'extending between the two end plates comprising crossed straps passing across an end plate.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a package,

comprising a, roll of newsprint or like tightly Wound, easily ruptured paper, an end plate of diameter substantiallyequal to that of the roll, dis-J posed beneath the rolls lower end, a supporting plate secured to the under side of the end plate, and spaced inward from the periphery of the latter, a wrapping enclosing the roll and end plate and folded beneath the end plate, outwardly of the supporting plate, and an end sheet enclosing the supporting plate and the folds of the wrap.- P

4. A package as in claim 3, the opposite end of the roll having a similar end plate similarly held, and longitudinal spacer means extending between and secured to the end plates, outside of the wrapping.

5. A protective means for paper rolls comprising an end plate of a size to cover the end of the roll, a supporting plate centrally disposed upon the outer surface of the end plate, and pro.- jecting therefrom, and channels formed in said supporting plate for the reception of strapping.

. 6. A protective meansfor paper rolls comprising a stifi end plate of a diameter substantially equal to that of the roll, a flange flexibly connected to said end plate, and extending about the periphery of the roll, said flange being formed of a plurality of strips slightly spaced at their ends for contraction, and means to contract said flange about the roll to secure it and the end plate in place thereon.

7. A protective means for paper rolls comprising an end plate formed in two or more complemental parts, a supporting plate of less diameter formed in a like numberof complemental parts,

each secured to its corresponding end plate part and overlapping a complemental end plate part, and means to secure the composite end plate upon an end of a paper roll.

' 8. A protective means for paper rolls comprising an end plate formed in two or more comp1e-' mental parts, a supporting plate of less diameter formed in a like number of complemental parts, each secured to its corresponding end plate part and overlapping a complemental end plate part, a flange surrounding the end of the roll, and formed in a like number of parts, each secured to its corresponding end plate, and a strap surrounding the composite flange to contract it and hold it and the end plate upon the roll.

9. An end plate unit for application to the end of a roll of newsprint or like tightly wound, easily ruptured paper, comprising a stiff imperforate protective member to extend outward at least to the periphery of the roll to cover completely the end of the same, and a support plate of lesser extent than said member centrally secured on its outer face, to raise the marginal portion of the protective member above a plane supporting surface when said unit stands on its support plate.

10. As a new article of manufacture, a package comprising a roll of newsprint or like tightly wound, easily ruptured paper, an end .plate of diameter at least equal to that of the roll,v applied to each end of the roll, means, including a stiff protective cylinder, extending about the roll from one end plate to the other, and means unconnected to either the end plates or the cylinder to hold the end plates and cylinder in operative relationship about the roll.

VICTOR OLSON. 

